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IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS.-

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TO *ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that IJVIILIAM M. PALMER, ot Middlebush, in the county of Somerset, and State of- New Jersey, have invented .a new and useful Improvement in Water-Elevators; and I do hereby declare that the fol# 'v lowing is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this speciiication, inwhich- Figure lis an elevation,partly in section. v Figurel2, also au elevation, partly in section. FigureV 3 isaplan.' The same lettersn all the figures indicateidentioal parts. s This invention relates to a novel arrangement of-p'arts of oneiof that .class of water-elevators in'which two buckets are alternately raised and l'owcredby turning a winch continuously in one direction. i

A is the curb of a well, and B Btwo buckets hung'therein, upon chains, C, attached to bales, C', by ywhich the buckets are suspended a little distance above their centre of gravity. When the buckets are lowered into the water, they are dlled by the pressure of the water opening tlap-valves B1, placed in the bottom, which valves close by the weight of the water as the buckets are elevated. When the buckets reach the top off the Well, the pin B2, in the upper edge, catches against the rod A2, hinged to the spout A1, and causes the `buckets to turn, discharging their contents upon the apronof the spout A1. p l

D D are twoicylinders, upon which the chains'C are wound. The cylinders Eme placed over them, and ropes, FF', are ivound around the cylinders Eend D, and E. and D', in opposite directions, so that as the rope around one series is Wound up, that uround'the other series shall be unwound. i i

The cylinders D and D are upon a common shaft, G, which is turned by a'winch. They are, however, not fastened to the shaft, but turn loosely thereon. They may be lnade -tonturn alternatelywiththe shaft, by means of the shiftingsclutchH, which slides on the shaft, always turning with it, however. Thisl clutchv is'made to shift by n 'ieans ofthe lever H, which Works into a groove in the clutch, and is operated by a rod, Il, and lever, I2, so placedas to be in reach of the person operating the winch. Thus, by turning the Winch continuously in one direction, and shifting the clutch from one cylinder to the other, as the buckets alternately arrive at the top ot' the well, and discharge their contents, the cylinders will be caused alternately to revolve; the disengaged one being turned bythe weighty of the bucket, but controlled by the rope thereto'attached from the upper cylinder.` As the upper cylinders are upon one shaft, the rope froinone will be wound up as that from the other is unuound. '.lhus one bucket cannot descend faster than the other rises, as the rope'is wound olf of the cylinders D and D onlyas ,the Vchains are wound ou to them.

The depth or the wel-l may vary with lluctuations in the level ofthe Water. In order to accommodate thisl change, the ropes on the cylinders E und E may be changed in theirrelative length by means of the clutch K, placed on the shaft ofthe cylinders E a'nd'E. The connection of the shaft is maintained by the outward pressvure ot. the spring K. It rhay be disconnected by pressing on the end of the shaft at L. Thus, by variationsmade in the relativepositi'on ot' the cylinders E andE, thclength of fall of the chains C C may be regulated.

as desired.

Ylhat I clnimas my invention', and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

he combina-tion of the cylinders D and DV, the shaft G, and clutch Il, .uith the cylinders E and E', and shaft L, and clutch K, and ropes F and F', for alternately raising and lowering the buckets B through a distance that may be adjusted as required, by the continuous revolution ofthe shaft in one direction, substantially' as set forth. p t

l In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specifica-tion inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WM. M. PALMER.

Witnesses:

R. MAsoN, JOHN' S. Honnis'esnnsn. 

